Mechanical toy



July 9, 1935.`

S. l, BERGER MECHANICAL IToit Filed Jan. 8, 1935 Patented July 9, 1935 f UNITE'v STATES- PATENT OFFICE Y 1 27,007,362 Y 'l v MECHANICAL ToYf ASianrluel IL Berger, Newark',` N. J. Y gppneanenjanuary s, iesasnal No. 32a geminis. (ci. i6-4c) This invention relates tc mechanical toys and ofthe-.braces 6 which are also secured to the` more particularly to toys yof the type in which base 5. an object is caused to have a step-by-step move- The object l,A the representationrof a toy man, ment upwardly. j j is provided kwith arms 8, the extremities of which Heretofore, there has been providedamechani- `have prongs '9 which embrace the sides of the 5 cal toy in the form of an Object simulating a ladder and hold the object 'I in position thereon. man climbing a ladder. The toy man is provided The legs I0 of the object 'I are designed to en- With spring mechanism Winch causes his legs to gage the rounds 2 of the ladder and in the body move in the manner of a person climbing a'ladder. 0f the Object l there iS provided a Spring mecha- 10 Heretofore, it has been customary to provide hiSm fOr moving the legS up and down to sim- 10 the upper ends of the ladder With notches to ulate the climbing mOVement 0f a DeI'SOn climb- Yreceive the prongs ofthe arms of the toy man 'mg a ladder. Key means ll are DIOVided OI' When it reached the top of the ladder, holding Winding the Spring mechanism (not Shown) in the toy in that position until the toy was manthe bOdy 0f the object 1.

ually released and manually returned to the The above mentioned structure is more or less 15 foot of the ladder, Well known in the art and no claim is made It is therefore, an object of this invention to theretc. provide in a mechanical toy of the type simulat- When the toy man 'I is Wound and placed in ing a man climbing a ladder, means to cause the position near the foo-t of the ladder, it would toy man, when he has reached a position near Ordinarily ccntinlle climb-ing until it reaches the 20 the top of the ladder, to automatically return 't0n 0f the ladder. to a position near the rlower part of the ladder In accci'dance With my inVentiOn, at a DOint to start climbing again without requiring any Somewhat near the top of the ladder, the Space attention Whatever, the continued climbing of between two adjacent rounds is lled in at I2 so the toy man depending upon the extent towhich that When the feet of the man 6 reaches the 25 the spring mechanism has been wound. lOlanl l2, there Will be n0 lclmd llDOn Which A further object of my invention is to provide l"he feet can leSt, and the Step-byestep upward a toy man and ladder having cooperative means movement 0f the Object Will be arrested, causing whereby afte the toy man has been wound up the object 1 to fall by gravity toward the foot of and begun its initial ascent of the ladder, no the laddel- At a ncint Substantially the height 30 further attention need be given to the toy as it 0f the Object l and spaced fl'Om the foot of the will continue to climb the ladder up to a certain ladder, lugs I3 are provided t0 be engagedV by point, and then will automaticauy drop back to the prongs 9 of the arms 0f the object 1, to its starting point and will repeat this operation 'limit the dOWnWald InOVement 0f the Object.

until the spring actuating mechanism has be- In Operatin, the Spring mechanism in the bOdy 35 come unwound, of the object I is wound by means of the key II 'I'hese and other advantageous objects, Which and the Object iS Started 0n itS upward climbing will later appear, are accomplished by the simple movement which it maintains until the feet of and practical construction and arrangement of the object 'l Teach'the blank l2 between adjacent 40 parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the ladder rounds 2, When the feet of object 'I will 40 accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and automatically become disengaged from the in which. rounds 2 and the object will fallby gravity until Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a toy embodying the prongs 9 engage `the lugs I3. Iii the spring my invention, and mechanism has been suiciently wound, the ob- Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical cross-sectional ject 'I will automatically recommence its upward '45 View of the lled-in portion and adjacent rounds climbing movement Without any further attenof the ladder, showing, fragmentarily, the foot tion Whatever; and such movement will continue of the toy man striking the lled-in portion or over and over again as long as the spring mechathe hidden nism is wound.

Referring to` the drawing, in Fig.V 1 the toy de- From the above description it will be seen that 50 vice is shown to comprise a miniature ladder I there has been provided a simple expedient for having a plurality of rounds 2. The ladder I is automatically causing a mechanical toy, such as preferably pivotally mounted at 3 on a bar 4 an object simulating a painter, Worker, or the secured to the Wire base 5; the ladder is preferlike, climbing a ladder, to automatically repeat 5 ably supportedin an inclined position by means its climbing movement without outside attention. 55

1. In a toy device, an inclined ladder having' a plurality of spaced rounds, an object successively engaging the rounds of the ladder to simulate climbing movement, and means on the ladder to cause said object to become disengaged from said rounds, so that the object will fall to the foot of the ladder.

2. In a toy device, an inclined ladder having a plurality of spaced rounds, an object successively engaging the rounds of the ladder to simulate climbing movement, means on the ladder to cause said object to become disengaged from said rounds, so that the object will fall to the foot of the ladder, and means on the ladder to limit the downward movement of the object.

3. In a toy device, an inclined ladder having a plurality of spaced rounds, an object successively engaging the rounds of the ladder to simulate climbing movement, said ladder having the space between a pair of adjacent rounds near its top filled in so that when the object reaches that point it will be disengaged from the rounds and fall by gravity to a position near the foot of the ladder.

4. In a toy device, an inclined ladder having a plurality of spaced rounds, an object successively' engaging the rounds of the ladder to simulate climbing movement, said ladder having the space between a pair of adjacent rounds near its top filled in so that when the object reaches that point it will be disengaged from the rounds and fall by gravity to a position near the foot of the ladder, and means on the ladder adjacent the foot thereof to limit the downward movement of the object.

SAMUEL I. BERGER. 

